Phil,

lol. That's funny. You will have to make an MP3 of Chester and put it up on
your web site so we can all hear him. lol.

Lovings!
Pat Ferguson



At 06:43 PM 12/22/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I think Sandy and I have mentioned Chester, our African Gray parrot, we got
>a few months ago?  Well, Chester has been an unusual learning experience.  I
>was thinking this evening about him and how he acted when I was in the
>hospital for four days.  When I came home, I went to his cage to talk to
>him.  He recognized me the minute I walked through the door and started
>whistling at me.  When we first got him, every time I walked by his cage, I
>stuck my fingers through the bars.  He would climb over and grab one of my
>fingers with his beak and shake his head up and down real fast like he was
>shaking hands or something.  Well, he rarely does that now so I just figured
>he grew out of it because we got him when he was 4 months old.  He is 8
>months old now.  Anyhow, when I stuck my fingers in the cage when coming
>home from the hospital, Chester grabbed my finger and shook it again.  I
>have often wondered, since we got him, what parrots are good for out in the
>jungles but I bet God knows.  Chester hasn't quite said his first words,
>although some noises he makes sure sound like words, but they say it can be
>a year or longer before they start talking.  Vicki doesn't know this yet but
>the other night they were over, and her husband, John, started making a
>sound while talking to Chester and the old bird, Chester I mean, John is an
>old bird, too but of a different type, has begun today making that same
>noise.
>
>Phil.